One day on my latest Berlin trip I explored VEB Berliner Metallhütten und Halbzeugwerke in Schöneweide with my friend. The abandoned metal works site is just a stone's throw from Schöneweide's S-Bahn station. There is also an abandoned supermarket Kaiser's opposite VEB but it was being demolished all the while we were there so there was pretty much nothing to photograph. The biggest of VEB's three buildings was easily accessible but the two smaller ones were all boarded up with no way of getting in. We had problems the second we entered the biggest building because it was really dark inside and we discovered that we had forgotten our flashlights! With a little help from a camera's flash we ventured upstairs where we were awarded with much light coming through the big broken windows. It was quite easy to get to the third floor and the roof on the left side of the building but that was not the case on the right side. Getting to the roof there took much more effort than just climbing the stairs. Instead one had to climb a metal ladder in an elevator shaft to get to the roof so that's what I did. My friend has good an instinct of self preservation which I obviously do not. But all's well that ends well!

P.S. More shots of VEB can be viewed here and many of those above black-and-white photos are also in color there.

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